International Conference on Typography

From June 24th to 29th the second International Conference on Typography and Visual Communications is taking place at the University of Macedonia, Greece, organized by UOMPress and alterVision.

60 experts from all over the world are going to contribute to the conference with the title "Communication & New Technologies". Among them are internationally well-known designers, such as Neville Brody, Alan Fletcher and Erik Spiekermann.

Under the heading of "Going digital" there will be a two-day meeting for professionals from the field of typography and communications. Adobe, Microsoft, Xerox, HP-Indigo and Xelkon and many other companies have been invited.

Besides that, the conferece has a wide range of events on offer, ranging from exhibitions and company presentations over plenary discussions to a design competition and an auction. Highlights of the conference programme are workshops on topics like "Artistic Bookbinding" or "Font Design".